After obtaining a urine specimen from a client for drug screening, each person who handles the specimen signs an attached paper until testing is completed. This process is called:
a. chain of custody c. Johnsonian intervention
b. confabulation d. personnel tracking
A
The client should be observed while providing a urine sample to prevent the substitution of another person's urine. A "chain of custody" is maintained when each person who handles the urine signs a paper stating the urine has not been tampered with or out of "custody" until tested.
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